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Sort of a funny coincidence. More from this Russian music artist IP can be found at SoundCLoud.

What comes to the name of our "home", ipernity comes from "IP & eternity". And IP stands for "Internet Protocol".

Our company is called "ipernity" for "IP" -the internet protocol- and "eternity" to evoke eternity, because it is about passing on to posterity via the internet all the digital content that we produce over time. Ipernity is therefore an Internet service where all types of media can be stored, organized and shared over the long term and at will.
~Christian Conti

There has been some speculation what that IP part stands for, but I finally managed to find an old interview of Christian Conti, the founding member of ipernity. In 2006, together with Christophe Ruelle, they created this photo sharing platform, which later became owned by the users (ipernity members associaton, ima) in 2017.

Source:

➽ Interview de Christian Conti : Directeur général délégué d'Ipernity, 2009